(Southern US and parts of UK, colloquial) A close male friend of the parents of a family.
(Southern US, slang, archaic) an older male African-American person
Huudahdukset
A cry used to indicate surrender.
Esimerkit
My uncle is an atheist
And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.